IT is now more than a decade since Deep Blue sank its silicon-edged teeth into the throat of the human race's greatest chess champion.
Humans can still beat computers at poker . . . just. But when the chess grandmaster, Garry Kasparov was beaten by Deep Blue, an IBM computer, it marked a subtle milestone in our relationship with the machine.
IT is now more than a decade since Deep Blue sank its silicon-edged teeth into the throat of the human race's greatest chess champion.